2015 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 largest For-Hire Carriers in the U.S. and Canada
Up Front
Rankings
| Rank This Year | Rank Last Year | Company | Revenue (000) | Net Income (000) | Employees | Tractors* | Trailers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | UPS Inc.
|
58,232,000 | 3,032,000 | 435,000 | 106,000 |
- |
| 2 | 2 | FedEx Corp.
|
47,100,000 | 2,532,000 | 325,000 | 26,594 |
97,469 |
| 3 | 3 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services
|
6,165,441 | 374,792 | 20,158 | 12,995 |
27,731 |
| 4 | 4 | Con-way Inc.
|
5,806,069 | 137,039 | 30,100 | 12,100 |
33,300 |
| 5 | 5 | Yellow Corp.
|
5,068,800 | -67,700 | 33,000 | 6,400 |
13,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Swift Transportation
|
4,298,724 | 161,151 | 21,274 | 18,836 |
61,652 |
| 7 | 7 | Schneider
|
3,900,000 | - | 17,450 | 12,300 |
32,350 |
| 8 | 8 | Hub Group
|
3,571,126 | 51,558 | 2,568 | 2,977 |
448 |
| 9 | 9 | TFI International
|
3,363,213 | 138,902 | 16,050 | 14,980 |
18,680 |
| 10 | 10 | Landstar System
|
3,184,790 | 138,809 | 1,211 | 8,662 |
13,732 |
| 11 | 12 | Old Dominion Freight Line
|
2,787,897 | 267,514 | 18,804 | 6,907 |
27,635 |
| 13 | 11 | Ryder System
|
2,461,149 | 122,356 | - | 4,098 |
6,042 |
| 14 | 43 | XPO
|
2,356,600 | -63,600 | 10,000 | 6,200 |
- |
| 15 | 16 | Estes Express Lines
|
2,173,000 | - | 15,815 | 6,620 |
24,592 |
| 16 | 14 | Werner Enterprises
|
2,139,289 | 98,650 | 10,664 | 7,105 |
22,305 |
| 17 | 21 | Roadrunner Freight
|
1,872,816 | 51,974 | 4,142 | 4,170 |
5,135 |
| 18 | 18 | U.S. Xpress Enterprises
|
1,730,000 | - | - | 7,770 |
17,000 |
| 19 | 17 | UniGroup
|
1,700,000 | - | 1,150 | 5,001 |
8,500 |
| 20 | 23 | Kenan Advantage Group
|
1,567,453 | - | 7,265 | 6,455 |
9,448 |
| 21 | 22 | Prime Inc.
|
1,563,413 | 207,436 | 4,450 | 6,187 |
10,637 |
| 22 | 19 | Purolator
|
1,524,071 | - | 11,500 | 489 |
1,286 |
| 23 | 20 | C.R. England
|
1,517,290 | - | 7,385 | 4,087 |
5,923 |
| 24 | 15 | Sirva
|
1,464,400 | - | 2,700 | 2,609 |
4,263 |
| 25 | 24 | CRST The Transportation Solution
|
1,351,571 | - | 5,129 | 4,394 |
7,290 |
| 26 | 25 | Saia Inc.
|
1,272,321 | 51,991 | 8,900 | 3,780 |
11,530 |
| 27 | 28 | Universal Logistics Holdings
|
1,191,521 | 45,370 | 4,218 | 4,408 |
6,291 |
| 28 | 27 | Southeastern Freight Lines
|
1,171,968 | - | 8,299 | 3,599 |
11,496 |
| 29 | 32 | Penske Logistics
|
1,137,000 | - | 13,000 | 2,054 |
4,918 |
| 30 | 26 | NFI
|
1,105,000 | - | 8,000 | 2,264 |
7,500 |
| 31 | 31 | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings
|
1,102,332 | 102,862 | 5,526 | 4,738 |
11,487 |
| 32 | 30 | Crete Carrier
|
1,100,000 | - | 5,500 | 5,130 |
12,883 |
| 33 | 29 | Averitt Express
|
1,078,000 | - | - | 4,441 |
13,075 |
| 34 | 47 | Forward Air
|
1,010,959 | 61,169 | 3,600 | 1,300 |
3,100 |
| 36 | 34 | Quality Carriers
|
991,758 | 20,640 | 1,188 | 3,195 |
3,171 |
| 37 | 36 | Atlas World Group
|
878,313 | 9,542 | 644 | 2,086 |
4,012 |
| 38 | 41 | Anderson Trucking Service
|
873,432 | - | 1,389 | 2,519 |
6,127 |
| 39 | 33 | Heartland Express
|
871,355 | 84,834 | 4,500 | 4,776 |
12,970 |
| 40 | 42 | KLLM Transport Services
|
863,000 | - | - | 3,800 |
5,500 |
| 41 | 38 | Ruan
|
848,759 | - | 5,595 | 3,754 |
8,395 |
| 42 | 45 | Celadon Group Inc.
|
806,400 | 35,579 | 4,582 | 4,031 |
11,180 |
| 43 | 37 | Jack Cooper Holdings
|
790,000 | - | - | 3,500 |
- |
| 44 | 39 | Day & Ross
|
771,988 | - | 1,602 | 1,552 |
3,103 |
| 45 | 40 | Trimac Transportation
|
737,725 | - | 3,262 | 2,167 |
4,679 |
| 46 | 44 | Covenant Logistics Group
|
718,980 | 17,808 | 4,400 | 2,665 |
6,722 |
| 47 | 47 | Stevens Transport
|
673,160 | 91,310 | 2,835 | 2,775 |
3,782 |
| 49 | 60 | Daseke Inc. (TFI)
|
668,000 | - | 2,500 | 2,610 |
5,515 |
| 50 | 51 | USA Truck
|
602,477 | 6,285 | - | 2,183 |
6,216 |
| 51 | 49 | AAA Cooper Transportation
|
580,371 | - | 4,500 | 2,450 |
6,000 |
| 52 | 60 | Pitt Ohio Transportation Group
|
551,300 | - | 3,140 | 812 |
2,037 |
| 53 | 57 | Mercer Transportation
|
547,269 | - | 325 | 2,189 |
2,189 |
| 54 | 57 | Western Express
|
540,104 | - | 3,107 | 2,404 |
5,700 |
| 55 | 74 | United Road Services
|
532,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,772 |
- |
| 56 | 51 | Canada Cartage
|
516,976 | - | - | 2,543 |
2,417 |
| 57 | 52 | Mullen Group
|
516,878 | - | 2,092 | 1,374 |
3,529 |
| 58 | 54 | Suddath
|
500,000 | - | 2,000 | 384 |
754 |
| 59 | 55 | Bison Transport
|
398,990 | - | 2,321 | 1,502 |
3,857 |
| 60 | 70 | Acme Truck Line
|
487,208 | - | 3,000 | 2,007 |
2,257 |
| 61 | 54 | TransX Group of Companies
|
482,571 | - | 2,560 | 1,505 |
4,240 |
| 62 | 58 | Shevell Group
|
461,000 | - | 3,559 | 1,920 |
4,600 |
| 63 | 76 | Bennett Family of Cos.
|
436,024 | - | 772 | 1,408 |
1,418 |
| 64 | 65 | Dayton Freight Lines
|
436,000 | - | 3,610 | 1,228 |
3,109 |
| 65 | 61 | Dart Transit Co.
|
425,503 | 3,854 | 1,365 | 1,875 |
5,789 |
| 66 | 67 | Cowan Systems
|
421,515 | - | 1,700 | 1,748 |
3,795 |
| 67 | 63 | PAMT Corp.
|
410,937 | 13,491 | 2,911 | 1,761 |
4,919 |
| 68 | 81 | Evans Network of Cos.
|
400,000 | - | 275 | 3,150 |
525 |
| 69 | 66 | Roehl Transport
|
395,971 | - | 2,500 | 2,255 |
4,090 |
| 71 | 68 | Mesilla Valley Transportation
|
372,000 | - | 1,700 | 1,300 |
4,800 |
| 72 | 79 | California Cartage Co.
|
368,700 | - | - | 1,200 |
- |
| 73 | 79 | Epes Carriers Inc.
|
341,494 | 24,001 | 1,359 | 1,121 |
5,500 |
| 74 | 83 | Cassens Transport
|
328,649 | - | 1,445 | 1,371 |
- |
| 75 | 82 | A. Duie Pyle
|
318,811 | - | 2,500 | 822 |
1,900 |
| 76 | 80 | Maverick Transportation
|
316,018 | 21,044 | 1,813 | 1,376 |
1,983 |
| 77 | 73 | Comcar Industries
|
315,972 | - | 2,409 | 1,937 |
4,226 |
| 78 | 77 | Challenger Motor Freight
|
300,130 | - | 1,900 | 1,640 |
3,300 |
| 79 | 84 | Koch Cos.
|
285,000 | - | 980 | 839 |
4,584 |
| 80 | 88 | Dependable Supply Chain Services
|
282,000 | - | 1,777 | 496 |
1,130 |
| 81 | 88 | John Christner Trucking
|
271,104 | 15,033 | 213 | 733 |
1,184 |
| 82 | 69 | Graebel Moving and Workplace Solutions
|
270,000 | - | 2,000 | 420 |
800 |
| 83 | 91 | Trans-System
|
262,627 | - | 965 | 924 |
1,463 |
| 84 | 94 | Paschall Truck Lines
|
261,211 | - | - | 1,150 |
3,000 |
| 85 | 89 | Superior Bulk Logistics
|
260,200 | 7,600 | 1,416 | 1,189 |
2,099 |
| 87 | 91 | Groendyke Transport
|
241,313 | - | 1,423 | 975 |
1,500 |
| 88 | 106 | Black Horse Carriers
|
238,000 | - | 1,965 | 950 |
2,800 |
| 89 | 107 | Transport Investments
|
237,068 | - | 115 | 755 |
1,101 |
| 90 | 102 | Melton Truck Lines
|
236,000 | - | 1,378 | 1,107 |
1,837 |
| 90 | 104 | IMC Logistics
|
236,000 | - | 1,522 | 1,037 |
88 |
| 92 | 109 | Dicom Transportation Group
|
230,874 | - | 1,200 | 812 |
450 |
| 93 | 98 | Brown Integrated Logistics
|
224,655 | - | 1,104 | 1,047 |
5,100 |
| 94 | 86 | Fastfrate Group
|
222,960 | - | 710 | 504 |
1,371 |
| 95 | 96 | Quantix Supply Chain Solutions
|
222,000 | - | 1,100 | 750 |
1,400 |
| 95 | 108 | Martin Transportation Systems
|
222,000 | - | 1,551 | 930 |
1,800 |
| 97 | 93 | Calyx Transportation Group
|
218,198 | - | - | 500 |
750 |
| 98 | 105 | Navajo Express Inc.
|
218,000 | - | 1,300 | 1,000 |
1,800 |
| 99 | 103 | Central Freight Lines
|
214,000 | - | - | 1,448 |
6,648 |
| 100 | 95 | Wheaton World Wide Moving
|
210,527 | 6,945 | 180 | 717 |
1,075 |
Top For-Hire Carriers on this list are common and contract freight carriers operating in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Companies are ranked on the basis of annual revenue. To be included in the Top 100 or any of the sectors, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or email to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
* Tractor count includes company-owned, lease-to-own and owner-operator tractors.
Extras
On the Bubble
For-Hire News
Schneider Reports Revenue Growth, Profit Dip in Tough Market
Schneider experienced revenue growth in the third quarter from the previous year even as a slowing market and claims costs dragged down earnings, the company reported Oct. 30.
October 30, 2025ODFL Focuses on Costs to Limit Q3 Profit Hit in Weak Market
The company posted a $271 million profit in Q3 2025, down 12.2% compared with $308.6 million last year. Revenue was $1.41 billion, a 4.3% decrease compared with $1.47 billion.
October 30, 2025UPS Stuns Wall Street With Strong Profit and 34,000 Job Cuts
The results suggest CEO Carol Tomé’s revival efforts are gaining traction after UPS struggled with slow demand, high expenses and uncertainty fueled by tariffs.
October 28, 2025Shippers Eye Earlier Bid Cycles to Beat Market’s Turn
Customers are telling J.B. Hunt it has been a shipper’s market for longer than any of them expected, but they expect change in the market soon, said Director of Intermodal Pricing Amy Horn.
October 27, 2025Ryder Q3 Profit, Revenue Hold Steady in Weak Market
Executives told analysts the most recent quarter’s performance boded well for the coming quarters in spite of continued economic uncertainty. Overall, revenue was little changed.
October 26, 2025OEMs Move Forward With Truck Tariffs Ahead
Paccar expects to seize a bigger U.S. heavy-duty truck market share and to be able to increase prices once the Section 232 import tariffs on medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts go live.
October 24, 2025
September Trailer Orders Slip 5% After 4 Positive Months
ACT noted continuing concerns over moderating economic activity, weak for-hire carrier profitability and ambiguous government policy remain as challenges to trailer demand.
October 23, 2025September Truck Tonnage Slips After Best Month Since 2023
"September’s tonnage level was essentially the same as in September 2023, underscoring the tough freight market over the last few years,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello.
October 23, 2025
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